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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to maintain the apprenticeship of book binding. [24608/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeships that have been discontinued or amalgamated since 2007. [24609/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation to the Apprenticeship Council in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [24610/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 10 May 2017, the allocated amount on apprenticeship spending in 2016 and 2017; and the projected allocation in each of the years 2018 to 2021. [24612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 10 May 2017, if the €200 million referred to has been accounted for in fiscal space projections; and the impact of the spend of €200 million on net fiscal space in each of the years 2016 to 2021. [24613/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (23 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of guidance counsellors employed in the State in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [24611/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (23 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received correspondence from Limerick City and County Council regarding the request for his Department to fund the full cost of horse control in County Limerick; if so, his plans to act on this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24054/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: On page 40 of the programme for Government the Government committed to raising the national minimum wage to €10.50 an hour. The last increase was 10 cent, from €9.15 to €9.25, a paltry increase. At this rate, it will take the Government 11 years to reach its target. It has nothing to do with the Low Pay Commission, rather it is a commitment in the programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a survey by a company (details supplied) that showed a widespread lack of knowledge and understanding of customs regulations and practices, the steps he will take to ensure businesses are fully prepared for this outcome should the Government fail to secure a special status designation for Northern Ireland. [23030/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (18 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Defence Forces personnel who received family income supplement in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [23903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (18 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [23904/17]

Other Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Minister mentioned that she will be visiting Canada on a trade mission at the end of the month, during which she will discuss CETA and other issues. It would be beneficial to have a debate in the Dáil before then to ensure that the Minister and the Government are made aware of the very real concerns of various sectors about this agreement. The decision of the European Court of...

Other Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to facilitate a Dáil Éireann debate on the CETA before the summer recess; the reason a debate has not been held to date; and her views on whether the investment court system is compliant with Bunreacht na hÉireann. [23033/17]

Other Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Deputies Thomas P. Broughan, Maureen O'Sullivan and Mick Wallace will also be speaking. I have asked the Minister the question before. Will she facilitate a Dáil debate on the CETA before the summer recess? Why has a debate not been held to date? Does she believe the investment court system is compliant with the Constitution? Does she believe we will have to have a referendum on the...

Other Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I have previously made my position crystal clear. I have asked the Minister if she thinks we need to hold a referendum, but she has not answered that question. It is vitally important that elected representatives in Ireland have the opportunity to scrutinise this trade deal and debate in the Dáil the pros and cons. On numerous occasions I have called for a debate to be held on the...

Other Questions: Employment Rights (16 May 2017)

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Other Questions: Employment Rights (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I wish to express my disappointment with the Minister of State's response to Deputy Gino Kenny's contribution. I am involved in the jobs committee. We have been scrutinising Deputy Cullinane's Bill. We had a lot of representation from business organisations. The one thing that united them all is that they came in with no solution as to the problem we have. Deputy Kenny said it there as...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am glad the Minister has acted on this issue. I highlighted it for her last week. I appreciate her initiative with ITI. I appreciate the work she has done to date and I do not want to criticise that; I am just concerned that businesses North and South have yet to realise the potential impact of Brexit. We need to make sure ITI is fully resourced to provide SMEs with the awareness and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I do not necessarily agree with the Minister when she says we cannot increase expenditure down here without waiting for the North on certain issues. I am glad, however, she is taking such an interest in cross-Border trade. I hope the research project undertaken by the ESRI and ITI will be published shortly to allow for a detailed examination of trade across the island and the impact Brexit...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that InterTrade Ireland is chronically underfunded; and the reason she is not providing it with substantially more funding and resources to cope with Brexit (details supplied). [23050/17]